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Phillips Seafood (East Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
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About Us |
| Phillips Seafood (East Malaysia) Sdn Bhd | Steve Phillips grew up working side by side with his parents, Brice and Shirley, in the family`s seafood restaurants. Under Steve`s leadership, they opened their most successful restaurant to date in 1980 in Baltimore`s revitalized Inner Harbor. Serving Maryland-style seafood, Phillips Harborplace Restaurant became the Harbor`s anchor. Through Steve`s guidance, Phillips Harborplace immediately ranked in the country`s top dozen grossing restaurants. However, sourcing enough domestic crab meat to meet the increasing demand became a problem.
While on a trip to the Philippines, Steve encountered a potential solution to the crab supply shortage that was troubling his restaurants. He found a crab almost identical to the domestic Chesapeake Bay crab, and discovered that locals considered it simply a by-product.
Steve envisioned supplementing domestic crab meat with this species of blue swimming crab to ensure his restaurants` supply. Risking his company and personal finances, Steve funded and began his own studies. He tested the crab`s resources and set up crab pots for evaluation.
With successful test results to spur him on, but with numerous obstacles to overcome, Steve began implementing his plan. In 1990, he purchased land on a remote island in the Philippines where he built his first processing plant, hired fisherman, supplied their equipment, taught them to crab, and eventually hired others to pick the crab meat in his plants. He set up a watermen`s association and taught sound ecological practices to ensure the crab`s population. Steve fulfilled his vision with the support of the entire community while becoming an important economic force in the region.
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